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Dalai: China considers me as a demon

When questioned, the Dalai Lama said he did not want to politicize his visit. "This is quite routine. From their point of view it is also logical. Some Chinese officials consider me as a demon. They raise every objection," he said.

Why is this happening? As China moves closer to a leadership transition in 2012, the party has grown inordinately sensitive to anything that they believe could upset their equilibrium. They have also been rattled by almost a dozen self-immolation protests by Tibetan monks and nuns in Sichuan province starting from March.

It has invited brutal crackdowns by the Chinese authorities on the Tibetans. By trying to curtail all Dalai Lama's activities they believe they can put a lid on this. Unfortunately, as was seen at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 2010 in Oslo and in India, this is proving to be counter-productive.

As China rapidly grows in power and influence, it has taken on assertiveness as a part of its policy. "Their muscles have grown faster than their brains," said exasperated officials.

On a more prosaic note, the Chinese foreign policy establishment too is changing in its character as it takes on its new role of the new superpower. The old guard that understood the way India and Indians functioned are giving way to a new lot of more hardline officials, many of whom believe that what they can do to a South Africa can be repeated in India.

South Block is finding it difficult to convince the Chinese that these actions by them are compelling New Delhi to push back publicly and forcibly against perceived Chinese pressure. "This is not helping India-China relations at all," said officials.


West Bengal governor snubs China, turns up at Dalai Lama meet


NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama's informal interaction with the diplomatic community here over the weekend may be a test case whether China succeeds in pressuring other countries to shun the Tibetan spiritual leader.

On Saturday, the Dalai Lama is scheduled to meet the diplomatic community in what is described as an informal interaction. The Czech Republic embassy is hosting the event because he is due to travel to that country soon. But all envoys thinking of attending the event are the target of enormous Chinese pressure to skip the event.

China's overt arm twisting on the Dalai Lama in India may be backfiring spectacularly.

On Thursday, MK Narayanan, governor of West Bengal, was conspicuously present during an event in Kolkata in honour of Mother Teresa, where the Dalai Lama was addressing the gathering. His presence would have been routine were it not for the fact that the Chinese consulate had asked the state government to ensure that both chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Narayanan should not attend the meeting.

The Dalai Lama was never a political issue in India, until the Chinese government made him one.

Earlier this week, India and China called off their boundary talks because the Chinese government asked India to stop a conference of Buddhist scholars because the Dalai Lama was going to address them. The Buddhist conference had been scheduled many months ago, and included scholars from 32 countries. India had no choice but to cancel the boundary talks.

What are the Chinese up to? Indian government sources believe the Chinese are trying to change the rules of the game regarding both India and the Dalai Lama.

First, it is equating India with countries like South Africa and Australia where the local government comes under tremendous pressure whenever the Dalai Lama visits. Recently, South Africa had to deny the Buddhist leader a visa under Chinese pressure.

Beijing has sat hard on Canberra on several occasions although Australian prime ministers have always met the Dalai Lama whenever he visits down under. The Americans routinely come under Chinese pressure - US President Barack Obama's first meeting with the Dalai Lama had to be away from cameras.

But with India the understanding had hitherto been this: New Delhi, which gives a home to the Dalai Lama and treats him as a spiritual leader, would ensure he does not conduct political activities and Indian leaders should not share a public platform with him. India, said officials, has been sensitive to these unwritten concerns. But China is trying to change the rules of the game in a way that makes it impossible for India to do this any longer.

Second, China is stretching the notion of what is "anti-Chinese" - by its current reckoning, every activity which includes the Tibetan leader is, by definition, anti-Chinese. The Dalai Lama remains careful about what he says on China on Indian soil.


Source: West Bengal governor snubs China, turns up at Dalai Lama meet - The Times of India
 
Yes three threads are running on this topic..
C'mon indians understand,there are limited amount of chinese..
No problem they have got pakistani friends, but not sure whether they would love to comment on this as they are number one in doing this kind of extremist activities ??
Listen the population of indians r increasing day by day and they have to get help from some friends,but listen chinia democracy is the word which binds this democratic country which u r unable to get in your inventory, so no one can help you...
 
I wonder foreigners also use 'Dalai' as the brief name with no respect calling Dalai Lama.
Dalai likes to be called as a demon,but demon to whom that is the question.
 
Chinese gov is too sensitive about Dalai, he is just pathetic exile noble who lose his land.
Whatever Dalai said, tibet is ours
 
Chinese gov is too sensitive about Dalai, he is just pathetic exile noble who lose his land.
Whatever Dalai said, tibet is ours

I agree,just let him do what he wants.the government should just ignore him.

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